Will Seaward
Overview
- Ethnicity
- White / European Descent
- Age Range
- 31 - 41
- Height
- 6' 0" (1m 83cm)
- Weight
- 17st. 0lb. (108kg)
- Hair Colour
- Brown
- Eye Colour
- Blue
- Build
- Large
Audio
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audio fileWill Seaward Voicereel
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2019 |
Petruchio
Theatre |
Sh*tfaced Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew Lewis Ironside / Magnificent Bastard Productions |
The Leicester Square Theatre |
2018 |
Shylock
Theatre |
Sh*tfaced Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice Lewis Ironside / Magnificent Bastard Productions |
Leicester Square Theatre |
2018 |
King Rat
Theatre |
Dick Whittington Jonathan Ashby-Rock / Hounslow Arts Centre |
Hounslow Arts Centre |
2017 |
Will Seaward
Theatre |
Will Seaward Goes to El Dorado Will Seaward By Arrangement with The Galton Agency |
Heroes@The Hive |
2017 |
Will Seaward
Theatre |
Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories IV Will Seaward By Arrangement with The Galton Agency |
Gilded Balloon |
2017 |
Merman
Voiceover |
Daphne Sounds Expensive - 'Atlantis' Matt Stronge / BBC Radio 4 |
|
2017 |
Baron Hardup
Theatre |
Cinderella Jonathan Ashy-Rock / Hounslow Arts Centre |
Hounslow Arts Centre |
2016 |
Will Seaward
Theatre |
Will Seaward: Magnificent Bastard Will Seaward By Arrangement with The Galton Agency |
Gilded Balloon |
2016 |
Will Seaward
Theatre |
Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories III Will Seaward By Arrangement with The Galton Agency |
Gilded Balloon |
2015 |
WH Chippendale / Father Walther
Theatre |
The Knight From Nowhere Lucy Foster / ACS Random |
Park Theatre |
2015 |
Will Seaward
Theatre |
Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories II Will Seaward |
Gilded Balloon |
2015 |
Will Seaward
Theatre |
Will Seaward Has a Really Good Go at Alchemy Will Seaward |
Gilded Balloon |
2015 |
Captain Stubble, Miss Pie
Theatre |
Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs Emma Earle / Les Enfants Terribles |
Underbelly (McEwan Hall), London Wonderground, West Yorkshire Playhouse, London Southbank Centre, Leicester Curve, Madinat Theatre |
2014 |
Narrator
Theatre |
The Rollicking Mission of Michael the Christmas Pudding Will Seaward |
The Museum of Comedy |
2014 |
Will Seaward
Theatre |
Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories Will Seaward |
Gilded Balloon |
2014 |
Tentacle Monster
Online & Multimedia |
Tentacles: After the End Adam Priest / tentacles.org |
|
2013 |
Narrator
Theatre |
The Juicy Quest of Michael the Christmas Pudding Will Seaward |
|
2013 |
Will Seaward
Theatre |
Will Seaward: Socialist Fairytales! Will Seaward |
Gilded Balloon |
2013 |
The Scientist
Online & Multimedia |
Confusing Situations (Confused.com online series) Mark Davies, Hassan Otsmane Elhaou, Kishi de l'Allebone / Confused.com / The Online Video Company |
|
2013 |
Paparazzi Fly
Television |
Random Acts Pretty Bird / Channel 4 |
|
2013 |
The Man
Theatre |
Spinning Machines Peter S Case / Wilton's Music Hall |
Wilton's Music Hall |
2012 |
Storyteller
Theatre |
The Exotic Adventure of Michael the Christmas Pudding Will Seaward |
The Etcetera Theatre |
2012 |
Actor One
Theatre |
Voices of the Fallen Anthony Cord / Cordial Productions |
The Duke of Hamilton |
2012 |
Ross / Carr Gomm
Theatre |
The Elephant Man Anthony Cord / Cordial Productions |
The Duke of Hamilton |
2012 |
Don
Theatre |
Its Complicated Matt Lim / Camden Fringe Festival |
Tristan Bates Theatre |
2012 |
Dr M
Theatre |
Heads Bodies Legs Ray Malone / Heads Bodies Legs |
The Space |
2012 |
Sir Toby Belch
Theatre |
Twelfth Night Emma Gersch / Moving Stories |
Minack Theatre |
2012 |
The Showman
Theatre |
The Double Regina Experience Andrea Blood, Zoe Sinclair / The Girls |
The Art Car Boot Fair |
2012 |
Magistrate
Theatre |
The French Cook Bobby Brook / Bits of Obits |
The Hanbury Arms |
2012 |
Sourdust
Theatre |
Gormenghast: Titus Groan Ellie Pitkin / Blackshaw |
The Actors' Church |
2012 |
Arthur Gride, Mr Tix, William
Theatre |
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Adam Hemming / Space Productions |
The Space |
2012 |
The Lady of the Lake
Theatre |
The Sword and the Dope Matthew Gould / Act-On Productions |
Greenwich Playhouse |
2011 |
Fatso
Theatre |
Fulfill Me Fully, Phil Sebastian Rex / Acting Like Mad |
New Diorama Theatre |
2011 |
Dr M
Theatre |
Heads Bodies Legs Rachel Malone / Heads Bodies Legs |
RADA |
2011 |
Mr Dimitrovich
Theatre |
The Trunk Emma Sampson / Space Productions |
The Space |
2011 |
Tiriel
Theatre |
Visions of Tiriel and the Daughters of Albion Peter Case / Wilton's Music Hall |
Wilton's Music Hall |
2011 |
Orgon
Theatre |
Tartuffe Emma Sampson / Space Productions |
The Space |
2011 |
Sir Fopling Flutter
Theatre |
The Man Of Mode Jo Kennedy / a single leaf |
Bridewell Theatre |
2011 |
Blunt
Theatre |
Aphra Claire Amias / A Monkey With Cymbals |
RADA, The Space |
2011 |
Will Seaward
Theatre |
Art Attack (Midnight Matinee) Tristan Bates Theatre |
Tristan Bates Theatre |
2010 |
Narrator
Theatre |
The Pied Piper (ADC/Footlights Pantomime) Will Seaward / The Footlights |
ADC Theatre |
2010 |
Daniel
Theatre |
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) Ben Kavanagh / The Marlowe Society |
ADC Theatre |
2010 |
Sir Epicure Mammon
Theatre |
The Alchemist John Haidar / The Marlowe Society |
ADC Theatre |
2010 |
Falstaff
Theatre |
Henry IV Part I Ben Mortimer / Clare Actors |
Clare College Fellows Garden, Cambridge |
2010 |
Hitchcock
Theatre |
Hitchcock Blonde Emma Violet Makinson, Lydia Onyett / CUADC |
ADC Theatre |
2010 |
Sylvester
Theatre |
People Watching (Foorlights Spring Revue) Ben Ashenden, Alex Owen / The Footlights |
ADC Theatre |
2010 |
Nurse
Theatre |
The Relapse Alex Lass / Downing Dramatic Society |
The Howard Theatre |
2010 |
King Lear
Voiceover |
Open Shakespeare Project Laura Cowan / Recorded Drama Society |
|
2009 |
Agammemon
Theatre |
Troilus and Cressida Xavier Buxton, Tzen Sam / The Heywood Society |
Friends of Peterhouse Theatre |
2009 |
Colonel Melkett
Theatre |
Black Comedy James Hancock Evans, Emma Violed Makinson / CUADC |
ADC Theatre |
2009 |
The Skull Fairy
Theatre |
Ballad of the Skull Fairy Will Seaward, Marc Vestey / The Stealth Fantasmic |
Underbelly |
2008 |
The Bishop
Theatre |
The Balcony Kate Shenton |
The Drama Barn Studio Theatre |
2008 |
Henry Horatio Swann
Theatre |
Lost Soul Music Chris Bush / White Rose Theatre / Belt Up Theatre |
C Venues |
2008 |
Van Helsing
Theatre |
Bouncy Castle Dracula Will Seaward / The Strolling Theatricals |
Rocket Venues |
2008 |
Abanazer
Theatre |
Aladdin 2: Abanazer Strikes Back Will Seaward / PANTSOC |
Vanburgh Bowl, University of York |
2008 |
Long John Silver
Theatre |
The Incredible Peter Pan...tomime! Will Seaward / PANTSOC |
Central Hall, University of York |
2007 |
Fabritio
Theatre |
Women Beware Women Matthew Lacey / Dramasoc |
The Drama Barn Studio Theatre |
2007 |
Uncle Terry
Theatre |
Meet Me In The Bathroom Sam Magdi Hanna |
Stagecoach Theatre |
2007 |
Gonzalo
Theatre |
The Tempest Sam Magdi Hanna |
Latitude Festival |
2007 |
Duncan/Banquo
Theatre |
Bouncy Castle Macbeth Will Seaward / The Strolling Theatricals |
|
2007 |
Begbie
Theatre |
Trainspotting Will Seaward / Belt Up Theatre |
C Venues |
2007 |
Narrator
Commercials & Industrials |
Robbin' Hood Will Seaward / PANTSOC |
Central Hall, University of York |
2006 |
The Old Man
Theatre |
Rhinoceros Nikolaus Morris / White Rose Theatre |
The Drama Barn Studio Theatre |
2006 |
Charles the Wrestler, Sir Oliver Martext, William
Theatre |
As You Like It Nikolaus Morris / White Rose Theatre |
The Drama Barn Studio Theatre |
2006 |
Aegeus
Theatre |
A Midsummer Night's Dream Sam Magdi Hanna |
York Minster Gardens |
2006 |
God
Theatre |
Man and God Chris Bush / White Rose Theatre |
Underbelly |
2006 |
The King of Pantoland
Theatre |
Cinderella Paul Young, Rich Hubbard / PANTSOC |
Central Hall, University of York |
2006 |
Ghost
Theatre |
Bouncy Castle Hamlet Will Seaward / The Strolling Theatricals |
Rocket Venues |
2005 |
Socrates
Theatre |
Olympia Chris Bush / White Rose Theatre |
The Drama Barn Studio Theatre |
2005 |
Pozzo
Theatre |
Waiting for Godot Will Seaward / The Strolling Theatricals |
Sweet on the Grassmarket |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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2010 | MPhil Social Anthropological Analysis | University of Cambridge |
2008 | BA English and History of Art | University of York |
About me
Comedian and Offie-nominated actor. Eight highly acclaimed solo comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe since 2013. Acting credits include BBC Radio 4, Shitfaced Shakespeare, Les Enfants Terribles and Wilton's Music Hall.Additional skills:
Singing (baritone)
Regular performer of stand-up comedy (North of England Winner: Amused Moose Laugh Off 2012, Finalist: Golden Jester Award 2012, Semi-Finalist: Leicester Square Theatre New Act of 2012, Semi-Finalist: Laughing Horse New Act of 2012)
Experience comparing events
Extensive knowledge of sea shanties and folk songs
Fencing, sailing
Additional information:
Nominated for 'Best Male Actor' in the 2011 Off West End Awards - Top Three for 'People's Choice'
Reviews / Press Quotes:
"a latter-day Brian Blessed"
The Saturday Telegraph (Socialist Fairytales)
“it’s impossible not to love him...boundless imagination...It’s as though the rest of us have gone out blackberrying and Seaward’s come back with a unicorn’s feather...Izzard wishes his comedy was this off-the-wall. Charlie Parker wishes his jazz was this free form...Seaward is a master of the spoken word...There are moments in every Fringe when it’s worth a moment’s wonder at the sheer amount of talent attracted to the great cultural crossroads of Edinburgh”
FringeReview (Socialist Fairytales)
"Seaward had the audience laughing from the moment he stepped onstage... a great deal of charisma...utterly absurd and belly-achingly funny.”
Three Weeks (Socialist Fairytales)
“Full Marx...excellent connection with the audience...a joyous journey...Seaward’s hypnotically off-kilter narrative keeps you constantly grinning and guessing where you’ll end up next...superbly bizarre and wonderful”
BroadwayBaby (Socialist Fairytales)
"a cross between Stephen Fry, Allan Davies and the BFG"
Varsity (Cambridge Footlights Smoker)
"a tweed clad madman...perplexingly hilarious"
Varsity (Cambridge Footlights Smoker)
"Commanding...wonderfully eccentric"
The Cambridge Student (Hitchcock Blonde)
"had the quality of inducing hysteria among the audience"
Nouse (Robbin' Hood)
"large, loud and loveable...dominated the stage from the very beginning"
The Cambridge Student (Henry IV Part I)
"character-acting talent and humour to spare...very funny"
Festbuzz (Ballad of the Skull Fairy)
"hilarious...a sort of gargoyle General Melchett...a dandy Hagrid...I could watch him all day"
Three Weeks (Ballad of the Skull Fairy)
"the audience cheered when Hagrid-like Will Seaward walked on stage could carry any play."
The Tab (The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged)
"Will Seaward bellows and banters with hilarious results...boisterous, lusty...particularly entertaining to watch"
Cambridge Evening News (The Alchemist)
"And it's fair to add that there was a standout characterisation of Epicure Mammon from Will Seaward."
Michael Grosvenor Meyer, Early Modern Literary Studies (The Alchemist)
"There is no better example of the careful handling of awkward renaissance text than the performance of Will Seaward. He relished in delivery - so much so that one felt lines like 'Oh my voluptuous mind' were written especially for him, in an act of astonishing foresight by Jonson himself."
The Tab (The Alchemist)
"Will Seaward streets ahead as the ridiculous fop, Sir Fopling Flutter, preening, posturing and bristling with the latest ridiculous trends direct from NYC."
Paul Vale, The Stage (The Man Of Mode)
"Easily the showiest part is the title character, Sir Fopling Flutter as an over-excited Michael McIntyre with an American accent, which frankly has to be seen to be believed."
David Cox, remotegoat (The Man Of Mode)
"the gloriously odd and wonderfully named William Seaward...eccentricity and faultless delivery...perfect"
Varsity (2010 Footlights Spring Revue)
"it was great to see his huge talent and huge voice perfectly cast in a part where it was finally fitting for him to steal the show absolutely brilliant"
The Tab (2010 Footlights Spring Revue)
"The five cast were good. Will Seaward as an angel was magnificent."
JetPlane (2010 Footlights Spring Revue)
"It is Will Seaward whose stage presence and voice-overs hold the show together His captivating performance means that People Watching does in the final reckoning earn the adjective extravaFUNza."
The Cambridge Student (2010 Footlights
Spring Revue)
"It's worth checking out for Will Seaward's high-spirited Orgon: he dominates the stage"
JP Watson (Tartuffe)
"turns it up to eleven throughout the play, with a striking blend of blustering, grimacing, and booming vocals that are often very funny. Imagine Brian Blessed playing Mr Toad and you'll have some idea"
Spoonfed (Tartuffe)
"genius...he's the production's core...fascinating and hilarious to watch"
Remotegoat (Tartuffe)
"special mention to Will Seaward's goggle-eyed Sir Percival"
Time Out (The Sword and the Dope)
"Will Seward a splendidly camp presence throughout, law-suitingly near the knuckle as a Lynne Franksish PR to Sir Backstabber"
Broadway World (The Sword and the Dope)
"Will Seaward gives a similarly excellent performance...innately funny...he had me and my companion in fits of laughter with his beautifully vulgar Lady of the Lake. He moves with a touch of the commedia dell'arte...joyous to watch"
RemoteGoat (The Sword and the Dope)
"for me the show was stolen by the towering presence of Will Seaward, whose roles included a camp and cowardly Sir Percival, the voluptuous Lady of the Lake and a PR consultant with the most outrageous Spanish accent since Jim Broadbent's turn in the first TV series of Blackadder."
The Greenwich Visitor (The Sword and the Dope)
"A particular pleasure is the interplay between Will Seaward's oily Mr Gride and Lucy Frederick's witch-crazy Peg Sliderskew as a gruesome pair of gargoyles."
Broadway Baby (Nicholas Nickleby)
"the star of the show is really Will Seaward, without doubt a brilliant character actor. His Ross, the dodgy tormentor and self-styled business partner to Merrick is raucous and conniving, and captures the desperation of Victorian London while he switches back and forth throughout the play (sometimes within a minute) to the sublime and imperious Carr Gomm, chairman of the London Hospital committee and Treaves' boss.
www.OneStopArts.com (The Elephant Man)
"Will Seaward was exemplary. Not only does he deliver lines with humour, finesse and a surprisingly large amount of drama and emotion, but he was able to keep the audience guffawing with his adlib."
The Yorker (Abanazzer Strikes Back)
"Will Seaward was brilliant in his role as the bombastic, volatile Colonel Melkett"
The Cambridge Student (Black Comedy)
"As Colonel Melkett, Will Seaward was booming, irrepressible and worked his facial muscles almost to death. He was repaid with the adulation of the audience."
Varsity (Black Comedy)
"the gong for Performance of the Evening could go to only one man... Will Seaward. He is fantastic...His resonant voice and sensitivity to pitch and metre impressed greatly. He sounded a bit like Brian Blessed circa Flash Gordon, and that is very much a compliment."
The Yorker (Peter Pan)
Skills
Languages Spoken | English |
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Accents/Dialects | American - General, Australian, Cornish, English - Cockney, English - England North West (Liverpool, Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire), English - General, English - London, English - Northern England, English - Received Pronunciation, English - Southwest England, English - Yorkshire & Humber, French (Standard International), German, Irish, Italian (Standard International), New York, Russian, Scottish, Southern American |
Dance Styles | Folk |
Vocal Types | Baritone |
Musical Skills | Accordion |